Techno Ted may be a person who caused Chris incredible emotional pain & trepidation as well as moments of peace & happiness but now is removed and awaiting his fate. Darling may be a different person who is also free of him and can live her life free of Ted's tyranny. "In between all the laughing, and daydreams ... lies: a desert of truth" Lies are like a desert or the omission of Truth: Where there were Lies then Truth was absent. The song, "Techno Ted", may be a cathartic celebration of the downfall of this person.
Lil' Kim:
Where's all my soul sisters
Let me hear y'all flow sisters
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, flow sister
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister
Mya:
He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Strutting her stuff on the street
She said, hello, hey Joe
You wanna give it a go, oh
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (hey hey hey)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (hee oh)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (ooh yeah)
Creole Lady Marmalade (ohh)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (oh oh)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Pink:
He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that magnolia wine
On her black satin sheets
Is where he started to freak, yeah
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (da da yeah)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (ooh yeah yeah)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (yeah, yeah)
Creole Lady Marmalade, uh
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ooh)
Lil' Kim:
Yeah, yeah, aw
We come through with the money and the garter belts
Let 'em know we 'bout that cake, straight out the gate
We independent women, some mistake us for whores
I'm saying, why spend mine when I can spend yours
Disagree, well that's you and I'm sorry
I'ma keep playing these cats out like Atari
Wear high heeled shoes, getting love from the dudes
Four bad ass chicks from the Moulin Rouge
Hey sisters, soul sisters
Betta' get that dough sisters
We drink wine with diamonds in the glass
By the case, the meaning of expensive taste
We wanna gitchi gitchi ya ya (come on)
Mocca chocolata (what)
Creole Lady Marmalade
One more time, come on now
Marmalade (ooh)
Lady Marmalade (ooh yeah)
Marmalade (ohh)
Christina:
Hey, hey, hey
Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth, oh
Color of cafe au lait, alright
Made the savage beast inside
Roar until he cried
More, more, more
Pink:
Now he's back home doing nine to five (nine to five)
Mya:
Living a gray flannel life
Christina:
But when he turns off to sleep, memories creep
More, more, more
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (da da)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (ohh)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (ooh)
Creole Lady Marmalade
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (all my sisters, yeah)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ohh)
Come on, uh
Missy:
Christina (Christina:)
Moulin
Missy:
Pink (Pink:)
hey, hey, Lady Marmalade
Missy:
Lil' Kim (Lil' Kim:)
Hey, hey, uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
Missy:
Mya (Mya:)
Oh oh ohh yeah
Missy:
Rockwilder baby
Pink:
Lady
Missy:
Moulin Rouge
Christina:
Oh ooh
Da dum da dum
Missy Elliott:
Misdemeanor here
All (except Missy)
Creole Lady Marmalade, ooh yessa
Where's all my soul sisters
Let me hear y'all flow sisters
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, flow sister
Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister
Mya:
He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge
Strutting her stuff on the street
She said, hello, hey Joe
You wanna give it a go, oh
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (hey hey hey)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (hee oh)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (ooh yeah)
Creole Lady Marmalade (ohh)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (oh oh)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Pink:
He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that magnolia wine
On her black satin sheets
Is where he started to freak, yeah
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (da da yeah)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (ooh yeah yeah)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (yeah, yeah)
Creole Lady Marmalade, uh
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ooh)
Lil' Kim:
Yeah, yeah, aw
We come through with the money and the garter belts
Let 'em know we 'bout that cake, straight out the gate
We independent women, some mistake us for whores
I'm saying, why spend mine when I can spend yours
Disagree, well that's you and I'm sorry
I'ma keep playing these cats out like Atari
Wear high heeled shoes, getting love from the dudes
Four bad ass chicks from the Moulin Rouge
Hey sisters, soul sisters
Betta' get that dough sisters
We drink wine with diamonds in the glass
By the case, the meaning of expensive taste
We wanna gitchi gitchi ya ya (come on)
Mocca chocolata (what)
Creole Lady Marmalade
One more time, come on now
Marmalade (ooh)
Lady Marmalade (ooh yeah)
Marmalade (ohh)
Christina:
Hey, hey, hey
Touch of her skin feeling silky smooth, oh
Color of cafe au lait, alright
Made the savage beast inside
Roar until he cried
More, more, more
Pink:
Now he's back home doing nine to five (nine to five)
Mya:
Living a gray flannel life
Christina:
But when he turns off to sleep, memories creep
More, more, more
Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da (da da)
Gitchi gitchi ya ya hee (ohh)
Mocca chocolata ya ya (ooh)
Creole Lady Marmalade
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (all my sisters, yeah)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir (ce soir)
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ohh)
Come on, uh
Missy:
Christina (Christina:)
Moulin
Missy:
Pink (Pink:)
hey, hey, Lady Marmalade
Missy:
Lil' Kim (Lil' Kim:)
Hey, hey, uh uh uh uh uh uh uh
Missy:
Mya (Mya:)
Oh oh ohh yeah
Missy:
Rockwilder baby
Pink:
Lady
Missy:
Moulin Rouge
Christina:
Oh ooh
Da dum da dum
Missy Elliott:
Misdemeanor here
All (except Missy)
Creole Lady Marmalade, ooh yessa
Lyrics submitted by P!NK'sLilRebell!on, edited by mystlyn89
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christina is one of the only pop artists i respect here are the others
pink (ok shes more hip hopy but) bryan adams shania twain vannesa calton (shes beutiful and i dont mean just hot anyone can have a hot body if they set there mind to it but shes really beutiful) faith hill micheal jackson